EW: THE HATE U GIVE Is “Fresh and Important”

If YA movies have been smeared with a wide, beige-colored brush for too long, THE HATE U GIVE (lensed by MIHAI MALAIMARE JR.) feels like the welcome crest of a new wave: not bland chronicles of sparkle-skinned vampires or dance-squad rivalries but real, often painfully relevant tales about race and justice and millennial identity.